Braintrust Removes Unlimited Private Experiments from Open Source and .edu Plans, Impacting User Flexibility
What happened
Between the Nov 17, 2024 and Jan 3, 2025 captures of Braintrust's pricing page, Pulse recorded 5 changes: Open source and .edu plan feature removed: 'Unlimited private experiments' no longer included; Builder plan metric terminology changed from 'rows' to 'spans' (1,000 rows/week → 1,000 spans/week); Enterprise plan pricing description simplified from 'Flexible pricing (users or consumption)' to 'Flexible pricing'; Enterprise plan Slack channel changed from 'Private Slack channel' to 'Shared Slack channel'; Builder plan experiments feature changed from 'Unlimited public experiments' to 'Shareable experiments'. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature removed, metric change, feature change) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 3, 2026) lists Pro at $249.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Braintrust. Braintrust has been tracked since 2024-11-17.
In the same window Kontentino and Upwork also changed their Business Operations pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · FeatureFeature removed
Open source and .edu plan feature removed: 'Unlimited private experiments' no longer included
- Builder · Pricing model0%1,000 rows/week1,000
- Enterprise · FeatureReworded
BeforeFlexible pricing (users or consumption)
AfterFlexible pricing
- Enterprise · FeatureRewordedPrivate Slack channelShared Slack channel
- Builder · FeatureReworded
BeforeUnlimited public experiments
AfterShareable experiments
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | Open source and .edu plan feature removed: 'Unlimited private experiments' no longer included | Feature removed | |
| Builder | Pricing model | 1,000 rows/week | 1,000 | 0% |
| Enterprise | Feature | Flexible pricing (users or consumption) | Flexible pricing | Reworded |
| Enterprise | Feature | Private Slack channel | Shared Slack channel | Reworded |
| Builder | Feature | Unlimited public experiments | Shareable experiments | Reworded |
Values as written on Braintrust's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Braintrust's pricing page (braintrust.dev) from Nov 17, 2024 and Jan 3, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where builder pricing model reads 1,000 rows/week and then 1,000.
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Braintrust, pricing history
Full history- Mar 23, 2026packagingBraintrust drops trace spans metric, rebrands Free tier as Starter
- Q3 2025improvedBraintrust Expands User Limits: Pro and Free Plans Now Offer Unlimited Users
- Q2 2025packagingBraintrust Shifts to Metric-Based Pricing Model, Discontinues Free Unlimited Plan and Introduces Pro Plan at $249/Month
- Dec 2024packagingBraintrust Removes Unlimited Private Experiments from Open Source and .edu Plans, Impacting User Flexibility · this change
Across Business Operations in the same window
All Business Operations changes- KontentinoOct 26Kontentino moves client approvals down from Standard into Starter plan
- UpworkOct 5Upwork adds bulk pay and milestone management across contracts
- UpworkAug 24Upwork raises Business Plus daily message cap from 10 to 15
- KontentinoJul 3Kontentino: replaced Starter+ tier with new Pro tier for agencies
- KontentinoMay 13Kontentino overhauls pricing, adds Pro plan at €199/mo
Questions about this change
Did Braintrust raise prices in January 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Nov 17, 2024 and Jan 3, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature removed, metric change, feature change.
What changed on Braintrust's pricing page between Nov 17, 2024 and Jan 3, 2025?
Open source and .edu plan feature removed: 'Unlimited private experiments' no longer included; Builder pricing model: 1,000 rows/week → 1,000; Enterprise feature: Flexible pricing (users or consumption) → Flexible pricing, reworded; Enterprise feature: Private Slack channel → Shared Slack channel, reworded; Builder feature: Unlimited public experiments → Shareable experiments, reworded. Pulse compared the captures it took on Nov 17, 2024 and Jan 3, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Braintrust change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Braintrust in the 90 days before this one; Braintrust has been tracked since 2024-11-17.
